Now on Yahoo: video games on demand for a fee
An Associated Press story in the Wall Street Journal on Yahoo's ongoing quest to deliver revenue generating subscription-based servies:
In its latest move to generate revenue outside online advertising, Internet portal Yahoo Inc. is launching a fee-based service Monday that lets users download and play videogames on demand.
...The Yahoo service launched early Monday with prices ranging from $4.95 for the rental of one game for three days to $14.95 for the rental of 10 games for 30 day.
...Once a game is selected, users must download a large file -- up to 200 megabytes. The so-called "precaching" file remains on the computer, so subsequent starts of the same title are faster. The new service only works on Windows-based personal computers with high-speed Internet connections.